Power Supply Burns Up and Takes Comp With It

[DanDaMan315]

My friend's computer's was on overnight, but then in the morning magically it was off.....and it would not turn on. I immediately assumed it was the PSU, as he is using a case supplied PSU from a $24 case. I put one of my spare PSU's in the computer but no luck getting it to boot, the only thing I noticed was that the Chipset got quite hot. This is on a s754 Chaintech Value nf2-150 chipset with a A64 3000. I don't know what the problem is, I'm not sure if this POS PSU blew out and took everything with it or not. How can I test if the components are still working? Or really what should I do next?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

You can take out component individually and try them in a working system.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Ok, CPU is fine. Motherboard seems to be toast, no posting, no lights, no fans, the chipset just gets really hot.

I guess my friend has learned his lesson with cheap PSU's.

 

[Budman]

cheap psu's can end up being very expensive.

 

[feelingshorter]

very scary..even on a 100 dollar coolmaster case, i changed the PSU out before doing anything else.

 

[Yanagi]

Buy him an Antec Sonata. Comes with an Antec 380W Quality Supply

 

[biostud]

I've had a friend who burned his videocard and PSU.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Ok, CPU is fine. Motherboard seems to be toast, no posting, no lights, no fans, the chipset just gets really hot.

I guess my friend has learned his lesson with cheap PSU's.

I'm curious. Was it a Powmax PSU?

 

[DanDaMan315]

No it was a MGE or something, came with a Microcenter supercase that he got for $24.

The internals of this PSU are funny, its like a piece of silicon that's it. O yea and some wimpy heatsinks, I'll have to take pictures of it you all can laugh at this piece of crap. I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did.